deliberate
adjective
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional.
was deliberating
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past progressiveof deliberate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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PdVSA recently circulated among industry participants a list of two dozen production-sharing agreements it was deliberating with foreign oil companies, according to a person close to the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Four days later the case settled while the jury was deliberating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
Britain's Raducanu, 22, was deliberating whether to travel to the United States for the hard-court event which starts next week.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
Two years ago, while working as a catering chef, she was deliberating another major life change.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
Raheem and Leroy had stayed down at the courthouse, where the jury was deliberating.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
